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That was missing from their report was, well, when? when was it told to do it? and the information that came out earlier tonight from nbc news just two hours ago, is that it was told to do it 12 minutes before the co pie loot signed off with mission control. we seem to be adding to that now, and saying, not only was it told to do it, 12 minutes before the co pilot signed off, but the plane itself was heading west. the co pilot knew he was offcourse, in other words, according to how it looks tonight, when he signed off with ground control at 1:19. >> correct. and again, i guess -- not to get to...

You make of this latest information? what does it tell you? >> i think we've known for a while, at least a lot of folks i've been talking to, that this has been an intentional maneuvering of the aircraft. one of the pilots clearly had the intention, as soon as that plane took off, he was going to take it in another direction, why, i have no idea, it was very clear, not only -- i mean, the fact that the transponder was turned off, the fact that the acars stopped functioning. this type of thing does not happen, and now with this new point you bring up tonight i think it's 100% clear, this pilot ...

Was ever on radar, the search zone is shifting now to the south. just 500 feet above the indian ocean a u.s. anti-submarine hunter today searching for any sign of flight 370. also today more contradictions from malaysian authorities. after first saying the plane's last automated data, or acars transmission, was turned off before the last cockpit radio call, suggesting pilot involvement, today authorities backtracked. >> we don't know when the acars system was restored. all we know is the last transmission and we did not receive the next transmission. >> so here's the latest timeline. at 12:41 ...

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Grayer/green circular object. it's the best lead they've had. nbc's tom costello, who's been following this story for us since the beginning, joins us now with more on the search. and tom, did it come down to that satellite analysis? >> yeah, mrsat, which was receiving those pings, you recall, off the acars system to a satellite 22,000 miles or so up in orbit, tried to refine that data even more. they had already suggested somehow this plane may have taken a southerly arc, you may recall, so they were trying to get a fix on these pings they were getting once an hour coming from the satellite a...